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Definition of Shellfishes
1. shellfish [n] - See also: shellfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shellfishes
Literary usage of Shellfishes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some Salient Points in the Science of the Earth by Sir John William Dawson (1894)
"I, Trilobites, etc. ; 2, Worms ; 3, Bivalve and Univalve shellfishes; 4, Nautiloid
shellfishes ; 5, Cuttlefishes; 6, Brachiopods. ..."
2. Modern Ideas of Evolution as Related to Revelation and Science by John William Dawson (1890)
"Referring merely to leading groups, we have many species of the soft shellfishes,
or crustaceans, and the worms, the ordinary shellfishes, the sea-stars, ..."
3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"A devout Catholic would be shocked to find himself set down to a maigre diet of
such " Fishes and -shellfishes" as " Hedgehog," " Snail," " Wolf," and ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1855)
"His article on " shellfishes, their Ways and Works," in the first number of the
new series of the Westminster Review, is a gem in its way; and the brilliant ..."
5. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand (1849)
"1391, "in the north parts of Scotland certaine trees, whereon do grow shellfishes,
&c. &c., which falling into the water, do become fowls, ..."
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